Show HN: 30 Hour Jobs – a job board for shorter work weeks

Re:Show HN: 30 Hour Jobs – a job board for shorter work weeks by jawns on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @03:23PM (#19912969)

Are you working as an employee?

Are you classified as a part-time or full-time?

How does this affect your benefits?

Dealing with a drop in pay is one thing, but I think a lot of people are worried about how it will affect how they qualify for things like health insurance coverage, vacation time, etc.

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Re:Show HN: 30 Hour Jobs – a job board for shorter work weeks by itamarst on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @03:53PM (#19913247)

In the US, for IRS purposes of "you must give health insurance or pay a penalty", full-time is 30 hours a week or more. (Specifically companies with >50 employees, IIRC). So as long as you're working 30 hours a week you should be getting health insurance same as the full-time employees.

See https://www.irs.gov/affordable-care-act/employers/identifyin...

(Some health insurance plans in fact _require_ people to be >=30 hours a week to be included on it.)

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Re:Show HN: 30 Hour Jobs – a job board for shorter work weeks by perfunctory on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @04:34PM (#19913615)

I am a freelancer. Though working on long term projects - a typical engagement would be between 1 and 3 years. I am lucky enough to live in a country where health insurance is not linked to one's employment.

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